Unc & Gil explain why LeBron James is never leaving the Los Angeles Lakers | Nightcap

Unc & Gil explain why LeBron James is never leaving the Los Angeles Lakers | Nightcap

Hello it’s your favorite sports Unk here don’t forget to hit that subscribe button to join the fastest growing community on YouTube Remember night cap doesn’t happen without you so please subscribe or you’re going to make oo cry Ramona shelburn released the article this morning about Kyrie wanting to team

Up with LeBron you think the Lakers regret not pursuing Kyrie more aggressively it okay when it first when it first came out it was Kyrie was recruit LeBron right come on right um correct I don’t this is like this is like a breakup man it’s like ex right

It’s like an ex I don’t know if this has been in JLo though I don’t know if this has been and JLo I don’t know if they gonna get they got back together after all them years yeah I don’t know if they gonna get back together and um you know

Make it happen this time you know especially you know Kyrie that he’s he’s technically the JLo in this sense where the last couple relationships a go so well for you my guy right you know LeBron’s looking like man I done messed up um I don’t think they were willing to

Pay for what kywi was bringing at that moment in time you know didn’t understand who he was even though this is where he lives would have been great for the for for the Lakers um it would have took off a lot of pressure from ad

And LeBron right um but how much do you give up for him yeah yeah I don’t know I don’t know if they had because here’s the thing I I think the thing is that when you go back and look at it you probably regret moving the pieces to get

Russ as opposed to not giving up the pieces to get Kyrie because if you still had those pieces maybe you’re in play for Kevin Durant not saying KD would have want to come to LA and team up with LeBron but at least you have pieces in

Order to do that if there was some for some go unforeseen reason that he did want to come to LA and like you know what hey for the next three years I’ll go play with ad and LeBron and we’ll see what happens but because you moved

Assets to get Russ and that didn’t work out now you’re like okay we really because you’d already given up a king’s Ransom to get ad which was well worth it because you won a championship and you needed that so you don’t I have no problem giving up Ingram and giving up

All those guys what they gave up to get Anthony Davis even what the two or three first round picks that they gave up but when you also had to give up picks and assets to get Russ now you’re greatly Limited in what you can do moving forward so when pieces like this become

Available a Kyrie potentially a Kyrie a KD a Dame Lillard you don’t have any money to go purchase anything yeah that that that Westbrook if we erase everyone’s memory and put them back in that decision they’re gonna do it again because at that moment in time rush just

Averaged a triple double he just averaged a triple double that year going to Beal like everywhere he went he meshed with the the the star right so you didn’t see a clash with him and LeBron style right I did him and him in the pick and roll with him and AD you

Figured that that this would be a great fit right um it’s hard to say that it okay we know on record it failed but I always believe in what happens if they’re all if they stayed healthy what would they have looked like yeah they would have been struggling from the shooting because you

Know Russ Russ didn’t shoot the ball like that he can’t shoot the ball like that um just it’s not that he don’t practice it no one so with basketball players there’s certain players that if they’re not taught at a young age to learn how to go

From type two uh fibers to type one when you’re shooting right they don’t know how to slow their motor down to pull up for a nice jumper so some of those speed demons if they’re not taught at a young age to go fast to slow down for that

Jumper they’re never gonna learn how to shoot a jump shot so him Ben Simmons they don’t know how to stop to shoot that jumper so they’re going to always be no matter how many shots they take in practice looks great when the game time stop starts and you rev that Bugatti

Engine up oh no yeah you you you brick brick brick and that’s that’s the problem with them two do you think if Russ would have been accepting of the role like he has with the Clippers it would have worked better could he have come off the bench for the Lakers as

Opposed to being in the starting lineup what could have been what could have been different let’s just say everybody stays healthy LeBron doesn’t get Nick ad doesn’t miss you know 30 40 games LeBron end up missing some time also if what was the best case scenario in order for

These three to to to strive get to to to to to thrive together uh it was ordering it was it was uh oil and vinegar from the beginning okay because the rust today the rust today wasn’t the rust that summer correct right you know the Russ that summer was a triple double guy

You’re G to tell a triple double guy to come off the bench for Reeves insulting and that was the problem when the the idea of hey come off the bench and he’s looking around for who I don’t want to even come off the bench for LeBron James

Goddamn it that’s his ego at the time LeBron James ad I don’t know who’s one but I guarantee I’m number two in this [ __ ] right here right coming off for this dude no no no the reality check that hit him the booze at home he had to really process everything that went in

And then we went to the Clippers and they embraced him he sat back and said all right coming off the bench ain’t that bad all right fellas this is what I’ll do and it was his idea but it had to take that type of ass whopping from the media the

Fans and Laker fans you know the real just the the reality of I’m not the triple double guy anymore they don’t need me to be that guy right I can still get my my my [ __ ] off if I need to but it’s we’re a better team if I can

Control the second unit and let Harden start that was not happening with the Lakers same thing with DLo right same thing with DLo and Reeves they’re sitting there looking at two dudes that they’re not that they’re not that’s that’s not better than them yes and what was the difference between Russ and them

Nothing they were doing the same thing yo you got two dudes in here that nah they had the same problems do you think there’s a different expectation of Russ with the Clippers as opposed with the Lakers which makes it a lot easier because he was expected to come in and basically I

Don’t think he was going to be able to do that but the fans thought he could be able to do that average a triple double with LeBron with LeBron and AD and it’s just he’s not gonna have the ball in his hands enough to do it yeah it was a it

Was you’re you’re walking into a fail right especially since you’re you’re you’re you’re not the number one option right um right you’re coming in you’re the triple double guy if you don’t average a triple double the same triple double you averaged the year before it’s going to be a failure anyway especially

If we’re not we’re not winning there’s no result of these you your second guest with country Wayne following cat right right it’s a it’s a great interview yes but you’re not cat goddamn it like right whoever followed that performance was gonna fail no matter what because that was a performance we’re expecting

Like I know I know he was like man let me let me redo mine let me redo mine real quick let me go back into the studio right right and that’s that that’s how Russ is you get here with the we just won you the high level you need

To come out and be triple double if not we booing you and that’s what happened and that hurt his feelings right because I know it would have hurt mine yeah because that’s the look and there’s nothing look the Clippers or The Clippers but his whole dream his home

Time team was the Lakers Shaq and Kobe winning championships and him going to the parades and seeing that and so his lifelong dream if he was going to play and if I got an opportunity to play for the Lakers oh man that’s going to be an unbelievable feeling that’s going to be

Great and then when he gets here the one thing about Laker the Laker fans Laker Nation you better win they don’t give a damn what you did for somebody else ask LeBron when LeBron you remember every time they try to put a mural up on LeBron somebody would def face it like

He hadn’t done anything with us uhuh we won’t and that’s just the way it is and so even though Russ was a HomeTown kid there’s like none of them triple doubles that mvp none of that happen in purple and gold so until he does something in the purple and

Gold we not we not we’re not jumping up and down because you’re a HomeTown kid that that that you know Los Angeles is the type of city that needs to see you grow right they need to see you from here to here to really like understand appreciate your your

Path 81 a championship yes we still booing you yes a we don’t like this perform you won a championship for us and we’re still not happy with what you’re doing right because you you didn’t build nothing here you came here you are rental property here right you

Know like the the Kobes the Magics and stuff like that you have to put in years for us to respect those years yes you know Clipper it’s easy to be the Clipper and AD what he has working against him is that he’s a big and every great big

With the exception of Russell has played for the Lakers so you got Chamberlain you got mikin you got Kareem you got Shaq so you got all the bigs so that’s what you’re up against so if you don’t dominate for basically a decade they’re like man what are you man come on yep

Man it’s GNA take a decade it’s gonna take a decade for for us to right because we had Shaq yes right you know we we had the big fella so you know that’s that’s our last great big man and or even or even pow po won two championships with Kobe and although he

Was not as dominant as uh as Shaq and Kareem obviously you’re talking about you know Transcendent figures with Shaq and Kareem and Chamberlain and Mike mik in Minneapolis but when you play a position the Lakers are known for Bigs that’s what they’re known for yeah they’re known for Beats and when you

Play when you play and you’re big and you come to La they think domination they thinking Shaq they think of kareim they think they think of Chamberlain that’s what they’re thinking and so you give them 20 you give them 25 and 12 they’re like an and we booed the white Howard who

Shouldn’t have been playing average 17 and 12 made the allstar game we booed him in the Houston with with and he in LA with a bad back shouldn’t have been playing should have been playing at all wanted to play so bad average 17 and 12 was the second

Best player on our team and we booed him out of here that hurt that hurt the franchise for for a couple years right would do you uh do you think harrie and LeBron will ever reunite no or is it too late nah nah it’s too late I mean if Kyrie needs once another

Championship possibly but the youth that they both had they had youth on their side you know yes when when Kyrie left it was no what I understand what Kyrie was thinking right same thing Kobe was thinking right right y’all y’all don’t think I’m that good by myself right right I’m doing all these

Game winners I’m take I’m carrying us the last three minutes but he’s getting all the credit oh I need my own team and it ain’t it ain’t been working out ever since no because what you see you doing you’re not seeing what he’s doing the last three minutes of your

Greatness is because the last the the first 45 was his right getting the team involved making sure everyone was in the right position for you to dominate right right that’s what made those type of guys great that’s what made magic great that’s what even made Michael Jordan

Great right and I don’t think at a young age Kyrie knew that he’s been taking those lumps as he goes now now um but I don’t think there’s going to be a reunion this is not going to be new addition uh you’re not gonna have the fat Bobby Brown coming out

There because that mean it’s not and I think sometimes players think it’s easier to win and build a championship than it actually is yeah because he automatically assume okay I’m gonna go link up with a KD and this thing gonna take off and then they end up getting

James Harden for whatever reason they couldn’t stay healthy but it’s a lot more difficult because even when K when um when Kobe and when Shaq split it still took some years before Kobe actually won a championship and he had to get a team specific for that you know

He needed a low PLO flare and power that he could dump it to down and that if he got fou he can goon make free throws he needed he needed a a Lamar Odum he needed a metal World piece he needed certain pieces to fit exactly who and

What Kobe was yeah okay there’s two things that happens with us right when when we’re when we’re younger we want to build our resume as a dominant player okay so with Kobe right he he had the advantage of having Shaquille O’Neal in place so he got to

Win early but the knock was you’re not Michael Jordan you’re not doing all this stuff so he’s like right well we we remove these pieces then right so y’all can see y’all can see what I am y’all can see what type killer I am same thing with Kyrie right you’re winning the

Championships with LeBron in your early age and you’re like nah nah y’all y’all disrespecting me y’all don’t have me as the number one guard and I’m that dude so let me go get my own team right right and that’s what happens to some players you know you get on these good teams and

The the team greatness stunts the growth of the individual player when the individual player is trying to build his individual resume right you know it’s easier for me like Luca right now it’s easy for me to do the damage now then go be a winner later if I’m a winner now

And win it’s hard for me to build my resume after that because now you’re expecting winning when I’m trying to be selfish as an individual Right wior Said Today I don’t know what’s gonna happen with LeBron in 2025 I feel like LeBron is gonna play next year but I don’t know

If it’s going to be for the Lakers do could you see a scenario in which LeBron is not playing in a Lakers uniform hell who said that Brian wior he wrote an article today he said it today a man he should be fired man come on man you

Don’t come all the way to La man get this good ass weather over here and then go back to something no no that’s not how that works once you get to the sunshine you’re doing anything to stay here right right I don’t know if y’all know what happens outside of La it’s

Cold out there yeah very cold it’s very cold cold out there in them streets them airports is cold they’re coming home and your whole car under snow that happens when you come to La you in Beverly Hills life seems it seems happier right it’s happier when you walk outside and it’s

Sunny versus it’s snow and it’s rainy and miserable right it’s easy to just wake up and I mean even though that smells like Bud but right you know the palm trees right you know what I mean so it’s hard once someone gets to La it’s really hard for them to just wna

Leave you gonna have to trade LeBron well I don’t see that happening because he’s still a draw he’s still playing at a he’s still playing at an extremely high level he’s averaging 25 seven and seven uh in year 21 and I’m sure there are a lot of other teams that

Would want him just for the draw but he’s not just a draw he’s still a damn I I for me he’s still a top 10 player for me yeah look one pinka himself he don’t have more power than LeBron corre not in this NBA right so there’s never gonna be no

Scenario where he thinks he just about to trade LeBron to any damn where right that’s not happening right so if LeBron do leave it’s because LeBron traded himself there’s no there’s no scenario that pinka or Jenny’s going to do that doesn’t have LeBron making the call 100%

Shannon Sharpe and Gilbert Arenas break down the rumors that Kyrie Irving and LeBron James wanted to team up again on the Los Angeles Lakers. Later, they discuss why Russell Westbrook ultimately failed as a Laker, and explain why LeBron is never leaving Los Angeles.

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